New Plugin - [pimatic-charts]

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Hi pimatic crowd,

I have written a new plugin. This time one for the GUI.
Plugin is available online via npm. It should appear in the pluginmanager shortly.
So just put the following into the config.

    {
      "plugin": "charts",
      "debug": true
    },

And here’s what it looks like:

I used highchart instead of dygraph. (dygraph is used by the pimatic-frontend)
But we have something like this now:

It is based on the variable device and offers several settings.

For questions and suggestions please contact me.
It is still relatively fresh but should be robust.

Nice weekend

@kosta

Hi
Very nice i have missed the gauge from node-red .

thx for your work

Regrads

@kosta Nice work!
However, are you sure you are using Highcharts JS inline with the licensing policy?
This does not seem to be OSS and a commercial seems to apply.
Did you apply for a developer or an OEM license?

https://shop.highsoft.com/faq

How do i use it?
I´m always getting a "Could not parse expression"
Can you make an example please?

@mwittig I have registered my project and licensed me as a developer officially at highsoft. The non commercial use is free. if you have doubts please send me a PN.

@Michael-Rudek
A simple chart device needs only one variable.
The expression is like the built-in variable device.
For example, expression: $variablename
The variable could be an attribute from an other device or a self defined one.
A big example is on GitHub

Thanks, its a nice plugin and works good!

Got it working now, but it shows the not the correct time.
Seems to be UTC, not Local-Time

Is the refresh Intervall in minutes or seconds?

Nice Work!

@Klaus the interval is in seconds.

@Michael-Rudek you’re right. I overlooked that. I will fix that in the next release.

If the Intervall is in Seconds, then it does not work properly.
Seems to be Minutes

The chart has a refresh interval in seconds and makes a get request. I think the variable has no new data.
I will double-check that with a fast changing variable and a high refresh rate.

The variable i use has an intervall of 5 seconds.

I have the reason. The gui querys the attribute database.
The default logging interval is 5 min. The live value from a attribute could have a faster change, but only once each 5 minutes it is safed to the database.
See here … deviceAttributeLogging

I think about how it is better adjustable.

version 0.0.2 published

• UTC BUG fixed
• dashtyps included

Works
Is it possible to make “Zoom” Buttons instead of zooming with Drag/Mark?
If i try to mark an Area with the Mouse, i drag to an other Page of Pimatic.
Buttons like Day,12h,6h,1h…

Can i change the Linecolors?

Changing linecolors or a complete color scheme is on the todo list.
The zooming preselection is also possible but is a complete other chart type. It looks like the pimatic graph page. I will implement this also soon.

After updating to Version 0.0.2 i get multiple errors.

This for Ebers value…
„error [pimatic]: chart has no attribute CPU“

Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Chris

@chris I added some new config parameters.
Please open the device for edit and save it without changes.

Thats nice!
Worked…
Thanks

The gauge device does not work with a system/device variable for me is that a bug or not implemented?
In my case $smartmeter.actualusage